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Ok for both of the people that have commented so far...I live on Hodgeville. It is very curvy and wooded. It is not a straight road. It is hard to see people riding on bikes, especially at night and if they are not dressed in light colored clothing or have lights or reflectors on their bike wheels it is hard to see them. And alot of them are kids/teenagers. But on the otherhand, motorists on Hodgeville road do NOT obey the speed limit. It is 35 MPH from the christmas tree Farm to right about where the campground is and then it is 45 MPH all the way to the Chatham County Line. Most motorists go much faster than that and in my opinion, there should be more police that patroll that stretch of road. There are kids walking and bike riders all the time. Drivers, especially those who drive tht raod all the time should be more cautious. When I heard all the sirens, I assumed the emergency responders were going to a car wreck or something. Now that I hear this, I feel for the bike rider. I sure hope the person on the bike wasn't a young person. We already have one cross on the road for the same type of accident. He may have been in the road too far, or maybe the driver of the car that hit him was going so fast down the road that he had no chance to stop in time, but regardless, he or she should have stopped to help and I hope that person is caught and held accountable. Maybe this will teach other motorists to slow the heck down in our neighborhood...As for you two morons(Noonebody special 912 and Yulb)that have no idea what really happened. Learn to be a little more courteous and much more mature. Your comments are not funny and completely irrelevant.

I don't think the pedestrian feels very hilarious at the moment. I agree riding a bike in pitch black dark (I could be wrong but I don't think there are street lights there.) is not wise but the driver should have stopped. If this bike rider died in the ditch because nobody helped him we would be talking about a much more serious crime. Certainly the driver didn't do it on purpose but there is absolutely no excuse not to have stopped and gotten help. I don't see how anybody could sleep at night knowing they hit someone with a car and just left him to die. Maybe he panicked but if he did he still needs to turn himself in. The longer he holds out the worse it will be for him/her. They will very likely be found out.

Truth be known, none of know anything about this, too include the police. The vehicle driver might not have known he hit the bike, if he did hit it. This article does not rate any comments because no one knows what happened. Heck, as far as we know the bike rider might have run off the road and was not hit by a vehicle. Lets wait for some facts to come out, and then make our comments. PS, hope the bike rider recovers.

Can you give the police enough credit to observe the damage to the bike from another vehicle? The police apparently know a lot more than you about this. You seem pretty anxious to protect this felon. Would that be you?